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Consider the following statements in the context of the right to self-defence under the Bharatiya Nyaya…

The right of private defence begins with a reasonable apprehension of danger and lasts while that danger continues. A person facing an assault need not calculate defensive…

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Consider the following statements in the context of the right to self-defence under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023:
(a) Right of private defence commences as soon as reasonable apprehension arises and is coterminous with duration of such apprehension
(b) A mere reasonable apprehension is not enough to put the right of self-defence into operation
(c) A person under assault cannot be expected to modulate his defence with arithmetical exactitude
(d) In private defence, the force used by accused ought not to be wholly disproportionate for protection of the person.

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The right of private defence begins with a reasonable apprehension of danger and lasts while that danger continues. A person facing an assault need not calculate defensive force with mathematical precision, but the response must not be wholly disproportionate. The statement denying that reasonable apprehension is enough is therefore incorrect; the other three statements are correct.

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